Rail brace



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N. E. BARNES RAIL BRACE Fl'led June 28, 1922 I 35% Mdm Y W 'I l www Panarea resa?, 1923, i 1,446,957V

unirse stares 'PATENToFFIcEQ" Application filed June 28, 1922. Serial No. 571,575.

To all. whom'z't may concern: y Figure 1 and also extends through the open- 50 Be it known that I, NED E. BARNES, a citiings .6 and 7 of the two brace members. d

' zen of the United States, residing at Willis, This tie rod8 is provided adjacentea'ch in the county of Montgomery and State of end witha pair of spaced openings 9 hav- Texas, have invented certain new anduseing inner straight sides 10 that extend at ful Improvements in Rail Braces,of which right langles to the rod and outer slanting 55 the following is a specification. sides 11 which extend at obtuse angles from The present invention relates to rail the upper side of the rod 8 when it is in-asbraces and has for its principal'object to sembled position as is indicatedin Figurey provide a struct-ure which is readily as- 2. Suitable wedges 12 co-operate with these sembled and disassembled and which will openings 9 and each wedge comprises a body 60 d efHciently `brace the railsand at the same portion having an outer slanting side I13 time prevent spreading thereof. and an inner straight side 14 Vso that the Another important object of the invenbottom end of the wedge is substantially 15 tion is to improve upon devices of this nasmaller` than the upper end thereof. Each ture by providing a Simple and efficient wedge is also provided with a pluralitytof 65 structure, one of which is comparatively apertures l5 for receiving cotter pins fi or inexpensive to manufacture, reliable in opthe like so that the same may be locked from eration and well adapted to the purpose for accidental removal.

which it is designed. An inspection of the drawing will readily i With the above and numerous other obdisclose that the tighter the wedges 12y are 70 l jects in view as will appear as the descripdriven into the openings 9 `the tighter will tion progresses, the invention resides in cerbe the clamping` action between the vjaws l tain novel features of construction, and the and 4f in gripping the rail and it will furcombination and arrangement of parts as thermore be seen that 'if one wedge is driven will be hereinafter more fully described and further down than the other wedge that is 75 y.

claimed. if there is a different level in the tops of the In the drawing y wedges the rail and the corresponding Figure 1 is a perspective of a pair of clamp or brace will be shifted to some exy braces embodying my invention, tent longitudinally of thetie rod so that thel Figure 2 is a transverse section taken distances between the' rails 3 may be slightly 80 through one of the braces, and i varied to accommodate the needs in laying Figure 3 is a detailed section taken on the tracks as is occasioned from time to time. line 3-3 of Figure 2 looking in the direc- Having described the preferred form of tion of the arrow. v my invention with some degree of particu- Referring to the drawing in detail it will larity, it is to be understood that this em- 85T be seen that each brace consists of an outer bodiment has only been lshown by way of jaw 1 which is mounted on a base plate 2' example and that numerous changes inform, upon which is seated a rail 3. An inner jaw construction, and in the combination andy 4 is constructed similar to the outer jaw arrangement of parts may be resorted to 1 in that it extends over the base of the4 rail without departing from the scope of the in- 90 3 and is formed integral with the leg 5. y An vention asv hereinafter claimed. v opening 6 extends transversely through the Having thus described my invention what base plate 2 and an opening 7 extends trans- I claim as new is c versely through the leg 5 and these two i Inv combination, a brace device including openings 6 and 7 are adapted to register a base plate, `a Iiaw extending from and .95 witheach other when the elements are as-` overhanging the base plate,a leg equal `in sembled. A tie rod 8 extends between the height to the base plate, a jaw extending two braces as is indicated to advantage in from the leg and overhanging the baseplatey when the brace device is assembled, said in the manner and for the purpose specified. base plate and said leg provided With regis- In testimony whereof l alix my signature l0 tering apertures, a rod extending through in presence of two Witnesses.'

said apertures and provided with a pair of spaced openings, and Wedges cooperating i NED E" BARNES" with said openings for engaging the base Witnesses: plate and the leg so as to hold the said jaws L. C. COOPER.

against' a rail resting on rthe base plate all E; M. lv/loniusoN.k 

